Hose coupling



May 31, 1932. A. l.. WALLACE 1,861,403

-Filed Feb. 25. 1930 NNNNNN OR Patented May 31, 1932l UNITEDV STATES Pa'rlazN'rv OFFICE ARCHIBALD L. WALLACE 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,'ASSIGNOR TO METAL HOSE TUBING CO., INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATIONOF NEW 'YORK A rrosn coUrLrNG Application led February 25, 1930. Serial No. 431,120.

` This invention relates to'a hose coupling, and particularly to means for facilitating easyand proper application of the coupling to the end portion of a piece of hose, the present invention being in 'the nature of an improvement upon the structure shown and described in the patent of John M. Oden, 1,588,605, June 15th,1926.

The coupling illustrated n the patent, and shown in the drawing herewith, consists of a body member and a sleeve member, the sleeve member being itted over the end of the hose andthe body member being screwed into a projecting portion of the sleeve so that interrotation of the body and sleeve will cause a tapered extension of the body to progressinto the end of the hose and thereby wedge the hose outwardly into tighter engagement with the inner surface of the sleeve,

the grip of the sleeve upon' theV exterior surface of the hose being depended upon to resist the, forced entr-yof the tapered Iportion of the body into the interior of the hose.

An objectof the present invention is to provide means for improving and rendering more efficient the grip of the sleeveupon the exterior surface of the hose so as toenable the sleeve to properly withstand the pulling strainsimposed upon it as the body is screwed into the` interior of the hose.

A further object is to provide means to facilitate ease of assembly of the sleeve upon the hose.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred .to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and -applications of prinj ciples constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view through a coupling constructed in accordance with this invention and showing the same applied to a pieceof hose as in use.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view. of the sleeve detached.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary .detail (portion, of the in Fig. 1, fits the sleeve G and into this is threaded the body H.

similar sectional view illustrat- The hose illustrated is commercially lmown as Triplexd`hose, being formed of an inner lining 1 of metal, a ller 2 of rubber, or compositlon, and an outer casing, or cover 3, of woven canvas, or the like. The metal lining l may beformed in any `appropriate manner but, as indicated, consists of spirally wound strip material so as to render the hose easily flexible, in a manner well known in this art.

The sleeve G is screw threaded interiorly and is of a size to t snugly over the outer surface of the hose L, the threads of the sleeve engaging the multitudinous -protuberanoes formed by the weave of the canvas cover of the hose.

The sleeve is arranged so that it projects somewhat beyond the end of the hose.

The body H is formed with an externally threaded portion 4, arranged to engage the threads of the extending portion of the sleeve. A tapered extension 5 is formed beyond the portion 4 adapted to be forced into the end 'neA A further shoulder, as 8, is provided at the larger end of the tapered portion 5, and preferably a gasket, as 9, of felt, leather, or the like, is interposed between said shoulder and the adjacent end of the hose where it will r be tightly compressed when the body is .an extension 10 is provided by means of screwed home. As the cavity within which this gasket is contained grows smaller as the body is screwed home, they pressure upon the gasket will be Iso great as to force portions of the gasket into the small' interstices which inevitably occur between the parts of the device forming the cavity /so that these interstices are-effectually sealed against possible passage of fluid outwardly from within the hose. if.

If desired the gasket I may be impregnated with a suitable sealing material, as shellac, or other appropriate gum, or the like, a portion of which material will naturally be squeezed from the gasket and into the mentioned interstices where it will form a more effectual seal against possible passage of fluid from within'the hose.

At the opposite side of the nut portion 6,

which connection may be made with any desired object. This extension may be threaded either internally or exteriorly, or may take any appropriate form according to"require ments.

In attaching the coupling to the hose, the sleeve Gr is first screwed onto the hose to a position substantially as indicated. The body H is then introduced and screwed into the sleeve. Necessary force is applied to the sleeve and body to continue inward movement of the body, preferably until the sleeve comes to rest against shoulder 7, during which time the portion 5 is advanced into the hose so as to exert a bursting force upon the hose which is resisted by the sleeve. The result is that the end portion of the hose is clamped and squeezed tightly=between the tapered ,portion 5 and the interior surface of the sleeve, the material of the hose being forced into the threads of the sleeve under a powerful pressure. The gasket 9'1will, at the same time, be confined and compressed in a manner and with a result as already referred to. f

As the metallic liner 1 of the hose is eX- paned by the continued inward movement of the tapered portion 5 the material constituting the filler 2 will be condensed and crowded backwardly toward the outer end of the sleeve and thus result in a tendency to increase the exterior diameter of the hose for practically the entire regioncovered by the sleeve.

This forced engagement of the exterior surface of the hose against the threaded interior surface of the sleeve provides a very powerful bond tending to prevent any creeping of the sleeve along the hose during the time progresses inwardly so also does the tightness of grip between the sleeve and hose increase due to the increased crowding and expansion of the hose produced by the advancing body.

It is noted that the coarse cover 3 of the hose, by its character and surface formation,

provides an excellent medium for grippin the threads of the sleeve, that the metallic lining 1 of the hose serves to maintain unchanged the inferior `diameter of the hose during application of the sleeve G thereover, and provides an excellent surface for frictional cooperation with the tapered portion 5 of the body, and that the rubber, or other elastic filler 2 of the hose provides an ideal material to receive and transmit the compression force incident to movement of the tapered portion 5 into the hose.

In order that the sleeve G may have a sufficient grip upon the hose to enable itY to withstand the pull of the body when the body is being screwed home, it is necessary that the relative sizes of the sleeve ard hose shall be such that the sleeve shallhave a very ti ht fit-o vei the hose. And yet it is also desira le that the sleeve should be adapted for attachment and removal without the use of special fools.

In the patent above referred to a means is shown bywhich to facilitate attachment and removal of the sleeve said means consisting in the provision of cutting points upon the threads of the sleeve so that the threads will be capablev lof actually cutting and tearing a thread-.way for themselves through the material of the fabric cover of the hose.

A similar arrangement is contemplated in the present improvement but differs from the previous structure in certain essential particulars which it is believed are condusive to greater ease of attachment and detachment of the sleeve from the hose.

According to the present structure the sleeve is provided interiorly with one or more slots 11 which extend longitudinally of the sleeve, and hence transversely of the threads. Each slot is of a length so that its inner end, as 12, terminates short of the gasket 9 so as thus to leave an uninterrupted portion as 13 of the threads of the sleeve lapping the hose between the gasket and the end 12. This arrangement prevents any undue displacement of the gasket material into or through the slots 11 and at the same time places the continuously threaded portion 13 of the sleeve where it will receive the greatest bursting strain from the tapered portion 5 of the body H.

The outer end, as 14, of each slot terminates short of the outer end of the sleeve so as thus to leave an uninterrupted portion, as 15, of the threads of the sleeve lapping the hose upon the en d of each thread, as in the strucbetween the end of the slots and the` outer edges which of course track along through end of the sleeve. The threads of the portion the thread-way' already marked 4and partly 15 provide a continuous and unbroken grip formed by the threads of the band 15. The between the hose and the outer end portion canvas is allowed to expand slightly into of the sleeve. And this ortion 15 constitutes the slots 11, andthe cutting edges of the a tight and unyielding and around the hose threads at the sides of the slots readily cut at a point just c eyond the end s of the slots 11. and complete the formation of a good thread- As the filler 2 of the hose is crowded backway along the canvas. Thus the sleeve may wardly by the portion 5 of the body it will v be screwed into its appointed position upon force portions of the hose radially outwardly the hose even though its fit upon the hose more or less into the slots. The crowding be very tight.

action will b e confined to the region of the The slight expansion of the hose into the slots by the presence of the band 15, and the slots or recesses 11 in front of the band 15 4 portions of the hose which crowd or expand offers a great resistance to any endwise creepinto the slots will operate as definite proing of the sleetle. The amount of resistance jections of the hose standing to oppose any is ample during the initial movements of the endwise creeping of the sleeve. body into the sleeve' and in many cases would The cross sectional contour of theI slots is also be ample during the more advanced shown in enlarged detail in Figs. 3 and`4 movements of the body even if no further wherein it will be seen that they are of a expansion of the hose, as above described, general inverted V-shape with rounded apex ever occurred. c and so shaped as to provide well -rounded If for any reason it becomes necessary to corners as indicated at 16 where they merge unscrew Athe sleeve from the hose this may into the inner surface of the sleeve. y. The slots be accomplished with even greater ease than are formed `w1thin the sleeve at a' time prior the operation of screwing the sleeve onto the to the cutting of the threads since by thlS hose, the relatively greater ease being due to mhOd bllI'IS OImed. by the Cutting i001 3S two essential causes, first, the fact that the said tool enters the slot-s will constitute thread thread-way has already been formed in the Cutting edges @Xtedllg alOIlg the @IldSOf the canvas cover of the hose, and second, the fact threads where the threads open into the that the thread ends, as 18, at the side of groove, as indicated at 17, said cuttinor edges each of the slots opposite thesides having the being dragged SO aS t0 project knife-lile relacutting edges 17 are Well rounded and have tively into the slots as illustrated in Figs. 3 no cutting edges, said thread ends being thus and 5. When the sleeve is being rotated onto i adapted to track smoothly and with -minithe hose: these @fitting edges Will Serve to Clit mum resistancealong the thread-way already their way through the material of cover 3 formed in the canvas. L of the hose and thus reduce the amount of j Asmany Changes could be made in this power required nfor rotating the sleeve onto Constguction without departing from the the hose. l y scope of the invention as defined inJ the fol- The illllStIaOl in Fig. 4 ,ShOWS the COIldlowing claims, it is-intended that al1 matter tion of the sleeve priorv to the cutting of the contained in the above description, or, shown threads therein while Fig. 3 shows the sleeve in the accompanying drawing, shall be interlafter the threads have been cut, and it is parpreted as illustrative only and not in a limitticularly to -be noted that by reason of they ing sense, presence of the rounded corners 16 theopera- Having thus described my invention, what tion of cutting the threads in the sleeve does I claim as new and desire to Secura by Let; not produce an overhanging `cutting point ters Patent is:

, 1. A hose. cou lin com Jrisin i an interiorture of the patent referred to, but`it simply p g l g drags out practically the entire edge portion of each thread so that in eect a V-shaped vcutting knife is formed at the end of each thread, which it is believed constitutes a more eiiicient means for cutting a thread-way in the canvas cover of the hose.l It re'sults in relatively more cntting of the fibres of the canvas and less tearing of said fibres than is the case in the patented structure.

When the sleeve is being screwed onto the hose the portion, or band, 15 first compresses ly threaded sleeve adapted to be connected with the hose by being threaded thereonto, said coupling also comprising a body part having thread engagement with the sleeve and being adapted upon rotation relative to tlie sleeve to pull upon the sleeve and to thereby force itself into engagement with` the hose, said sleeve having a recess formed interiorly thereof adapted to receive a portion of the hose which may expand as a projectionof the hose radially thereinto, said rea thread-way for itself in the canvas cover. cess being spaced inwardly from the end of This band is suificiently narrow that it can the sleeve, and the portion ofthe sleeve bebe forced along the hose Without great ditlitween the recess and the end of the sleeve culty, and immediately behind it follows the constituting a band having an uninterrupted broken threads with the V-shaped cutting thread therein for tightly engaging about the hose at the end of the sleeve removed from the body 2. A hose coupling comprising a sleeve interiorly threaded throughout its length adapted tc be connected With the hose by being threaded thereonto, said coupling also comprising a body part having thread engagement With the sleeve and being adapted upon rotation relative to the sleeve to pull upon the sleeve and to thereby force itselr` into engagement with the hose, said sleeve having an intermediate portion of its length formed With a recess interiorly of the sleeve, said recess interrupting the threads of the sleeve in said portion of its length. the thread ends at said recess being formed with cutting edges adapted to cut a threadway in the surface of the hose, and said recess being disposed so that a portion of the sleeve between the recess and the end of the sleeve constitutes a band having an uninterrupted thread therein for tightly engaging about the hose at the end of the sleeve removed from the body.

3. A hose coupling comprising an interiorly threaded sleeve adapted to be connected With the hose by being threaded thereonto,

said coupling also comprising a body part having thread engagement with the sleeve and being adapted upon rotation relative to the sleeve to'pull upon the sleeve and to thereby force itself into engagement With the hose, said sleeve havinga recess formed interiorly thereof interrupting the threads of the sleeve and thereby providing thread ends at opposite sides of the recess, said recess being shaped to form Well rounded corners Where it merges into the interior'v surface of the sleeve, the thread ends at one side of the recess providing cutting edges where said edges open into the recess, said cutting edges being knifelike in cross section and extending along the V-shaped edges of the threads so that they constitute V-shaped knives adapted for cutting a thread-way upon the hose, and the thread ends at the opposite side of the recess being rounded.

4. A hose coupling comprising a sleeve interiorly threaded throughout its length adapted to be connected With the hose by. being threaded onto the hose, said coupling comprising also a body part threaded to engage the'threads at the inner end portion of ther-sleeve and being adapted upon rotation relative to thesleeve to pull upon the sleeve and to thereby force itself into engagement with the hose, the threads at the outer end portion of the sleeve being uninterrupted and adapted when the sleeve is being threaded onto the hose to thereby compress a threadway into the material of the hose, and the threads intermediate the endsof the sleeve being in thread continuation of the threads at the outer end portion and being provided with cuttingv edges thereon to track along through the threadway formed by the threads ofthe outer end portion of the sleeve to thereby cut the threadway into the material of the hose.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARCHIBALD L. WALLACE. 

